chorus :
F C
daniel , daniel and the sacred harp ,
A# F
dancing through the clover .
A# Am
daniel , daniel would you mind ,
C7 F
if i look it over .
verse :
F A# C7 F
i heard of this famous harp years ago back in my home town
A# C Dm
but i sure never thought old daniel be the one to come and bring it around
F C A# F
tell me daniel how the harp came into your posession .
C A# F
are you one of the chosen few who will march in the procession?
A# Am
and daniel said :
F C F C
the sacred harp was handed down , from father unto son ,
A# Am Gm C7
and me not being related , i could never be the one .
F C F C
so i saved up all my silver , and took it to a man ,
A# Am Gm F
who said he could deliver the harp , straight into my hand .
Dm G
three years i waited patiently ,
C A#
’till he returned with the harp from the sea of galilee .
Dm G
he said there is one more thing i must ask ,
C A#
but not of personal greed .
Am Gm
but i wouldn’t listen i just grabbed the harp ,
C7 F
and said take what you may need .
F A# C F
now daniel looked quite satisfied , and the harp it seemed to glow .
A# C Dm
but the price that daniel had really paid , he did not even know .
F C7
back to his brother he took his troubled mind .
A# F
and he said dear brother i’m in a bind .
C7
but the brother would not hear his tale ,
A# F
he said old daniel’s gonna land in jail .
F C
so to his father daniel did run ,
F C
and he said oh father what have i done .
A# Am Gm
his father said son you’ve given in , you know you won your harp ,
F
but you lost in sin .
Dm G
then daniel took the harp and went high on the hill ,
C A#
and he blew across the meadow like a whippoorwhill .
Dm G
he played out his heart just the time to pass ,
C A# F
but as he looked to the ground , he noticed no shadow did he cast .
repeat chorus
chorus :
F C
daniel , daniel and the sacred harp ,
A# F
dancing through the clover .
A# Am
daniel , daniel would you mind ,
C7 F
if i look it over .
verse :
F A# C7 F
i heard of this famous harp years ago back in my home town
A# C Dm
but i sure never thought old daniel be the one to come and bring it around
F C A# F
tell me daniel how the harp came into your posession .
C A# F
are you one of the chosen few who will march in the procession?
A# Am
and daniel said :
F C F C
the sacred harp was handed down , from father unto son ,
A# Am Gm C7
and me not being related , i could never be the one .
F C F C
so i saved up all my silver , and took it to a man ,
A# Am Gm F
who said he could deliver the harp , straight into my hand .
Dm G
three years i waited patiently ,
C A#
’till he returned with the harp from the sea of galilee .
Dm G
he said there is one more thing i must ask ,
C A#
but not of personal greed .
Am Gm
but i wouldn’t listen i just grabbed the harp ,
C7 F
and said take what you may need .
F A# C F
now daniel looked quite satisfied , and the harp it seemed to glow .
A# C Dm
but the price that daniel had really paid , he did not even know .
F C7
back to his brother he took his troubled mind .
A# F
and he said dear brother i’m in a bind .
C7
but the brother would not hear his tale ,
A# F
he said old daniel’s gonna land in jail .
F C
so to his father daniel did run ,
F C
and he said oh father what have i done .
A# Am Gm
his father said son you’ve given in , you know you won your harp ,
F
but you lost in sin .
Dm G
then daniel took the harp and went high on the hill ,
C A#
and he blew across the meadow like a whippoorwhill .
Dm G
he played out his heart just the time to pass ,
C A# F
but as he looked to the ground , he noticed no shadow did he cast .
repeat chorus
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